DiscipleofPenick

I have two rounds to post from last week Friday and Sunday. Friday, I got out by myself to a super nice course, and was lucky to be playing alone too. I decided to play the tips as I wasn't impacting anyone else if I struggled. Driver was iffy for the first few holes, but irons were solid and short game was on fire. I had TWO chip ins with my 7 iron and 3 birdies over all. I bled some strokes at the end, but wound up with an 80 overall. Sunday I shot a 78 with @MattF at Ironwood, which is becoming a local favorite of mine. Again I had 3 birdies overall and had little trouble down the stretch. Never going to complain about breaking 80 though.

It's not rude for you. Dealing with public golf and munis, there's plenty of courses I play where if I'm a single or with one other buddy, we are gonna get paired up. Just happened on Sunday when I played.

Playing the forward tees - more golfers should Fittings - more golfers should PXG - probably the only company that people have strong opinions on Golf balls - just in general with how many options there are

Cut at -1 Final Round scores 70.4

Played yesterday morning with @MaxEntropy and other friends at Ironwood. I'm really starting to like the course and it's in decent shape, affordable, and a good layout. I shot 42/37, so I think I am figuring it out. I had a birdie on 18 and no doubles, penalties, or 3-putts.

I did have a very solid day with a 42/39 for 81. Driver was fantastic and short game was on point for the most part. The highlight of my round was a chip in birdie on #10. Irons are still improving, but very happy with the round on a tough course.

Sounds good, I can set something up for early August.

I played better than that with 42-39. Irons are back, driver is starting to return. Short game actually left something to be desired as I didn't convert U&Ds. I had two birdies on #13 & #18. #13 is a short par 5, but I got a little help from the cart path and it's always fun to go driver-9 iron on a par 5.

Got out early on Father's Day for 18 with my buddy who was enjoying his first Father's Day. Got paired with two others who weren't good as it took us over 4 hours and we only had a short wait on 2-3 tee boxes. At least it was a step in the right direction as I went down to an 87 (44/43) and had no penalties after having 5 last week. The driver is still crap, but I got the irons figured out on the back 9. The greens were in desperate need of water already as nothing was sitting, even wedges were taking big hops towards the back of the green. This left us with a lot of fast, downhill putts, which didn't help anyone. Playing again Wednesday morning, gotta beat the heat.

It doesn't matter what he hits it. I personally don't care what the pros play. However, whenever Golf Digest or the commentators talk about stock yardages or what iron Pro X is using, it is disengenuous to the golfing public at large because they do not understand that Pro X's 8 iron is actually the loft and length of their 6 iron. These bodies don't tell the complete picture of what the pros are doing and what equipment they have. They are perfectly content to let everyone think the pros are 4 clubs less than them.

I have not played that course, but I know it is supposed to be one of the top courses in the Youngstown area. I know who the architect is, and he local but his courses are some of my favorites in the area. They are modern designs, but not tricked up/brutal like some other modern course designers make things. https://asgca.org/architect/bhuntley/ Also if you are going to be up here for a few days, why not meet for another round?

From the Little Red Book - If you play bad once, forget it. Twice - go to the range and review basics grips, stance etc. Three Times - Go see your pro.

18 holes always & ever. Mostly because it's just the lack of cost difference at this point. It's hard for me to justify $25-$30 for 9 holes, when there's plenty of courses I walk 18 for under $35. It's because the guys who want to play 9 are just going to relax and have a few beers after work. Just not worth it.

Yes, there's some at courses I play quite often. Hole #12 @ Sugar Bush. This is my favorite course and just the toughest tee shot on the course. This hole has buggered me for years. You can see it's not that long of a hole, but it's a long shoot from the back tees and dropping down to a long iron or hybrid barely gets you to the fairway. Also there is a massive tree and a bunker that protects the pedestal green. God help you if you're above the hole because it is sloped severly. The shoot makes it difficult to play my draw off the tee because there's trees I can hit into right there. I've hooked it into the trees left a bunch and am happy with bogey. Hole #12 @ Cossett Creek This is just one of the toughest par 4s in NE Ohio. It's 420 from the back tees, with OB tight on the right side and a red stake/waste area that pinches in on the left. You can pull it and stay short of the waste, but then you have to punch out to the fairway, leaving you a third shot that is 130-160 off a downhill lie, over a creek, to a tiered green. Oh and if you don't get it far enough out, or down the hill, the left side of the fairway can still be blocked by the big trees. Oh, and at 250 off the tee, the fairway is only 20 yards wide. And currently the winner is #9 @ Windmill Lakes. It's a 400ish yard dogleg left, which should be perfect for my draw. The problem is the tee box points you way right of the fairway. So I feel like I am aimed way left of the target and/or swinging across my body. I have blocked or pull hooked so many tee shots on this hole in my life. Though I did par it last week when I played so maybe turning the corner.

So I've played 3 more rounds with these balls. Two of them were decent (scores of 83 & 82), and one went off the rails (90 w/ 5 penalties). Even though the swing was gone on the one, this ball continues to check all the boxes. During the one round I was even getting quite a bit of zip back on my wedge shots, and my Vokeys I've had in the bag for years and they are not fresh wedges by any means. To just give you the run down Yellow Driver distance same as gamer One hop stop on greens Chips, pitches, bump 'n runs play how I like Feels great off the putter & rolls true I am playing Sun-Wed-Sun over the next week and temps are supposed to be over 90. Let's see how the ball performers in hotter, dryer conditions. Other than that I don't have anything new to say and will be posting my final review before the end of the month.